Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Baxter Art Gallery
| title | Baxter Art Gallery records, 1969-1987. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Files on over sixty exhibitions, 1971-1985 (6 ft.), primarily contemporary artists, many from Southern California; and administrative and business records, including Board of Governors minutes, reports, proposals, and correspondence, 1968-1979 and 1981-1985 (within this series, the minutes and correspondence regarding Caltech's controversial decision to dissolve the Baxter Art Gallery have been kept in original order, under "divestiture" files, July 1982-March 1985); records of support, membership, fundraising, grant applications, financial reports, budgets, ledgers for exhibitions 1977-1984, and computer printouts of budget reports, 1984-1987. ADDITION: Correspondence, 1972-1975; articles of incorporation; art acquisition files, 1972-1975; a chronology of art shows; clippings; and exhibition announcements. |
| extent | 12.2 linear ft. |
| formats | Administrative Records Business Papers Correspondence Financial Records |
| access | Unmicrofilmed. Portions stored off site. Contact Chief of Reference Services, Washington, D.C. office for access guidelines. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1986 and 1991 by the Baxter Art Gallery through David Grether, Chair of the Division of Humanities at California Institute of Technology and founder of the Gallery. [Files on the exhibition "Space Photography" are expected when the exhibit finishes its international tour, ca. 1992.] |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:28 |
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